Motivational Quotes (Page 2)

Get busy living or get busy dying-  Red

and my new one is HTFU

The best speech someone gave me to work out while it may sound crass, did infact work and I went from being mentally spent to a great work out.

Well you can either sit around and be sad while your wife is out bang'en dudes or you can go to the gym work out get buff and feel good about your self. It’s your choice. - my good buddy

ohh this is my thing!!  I'm always underlining things that appeal to me - two favs right now:

One is a song my daughter sings *constantly* by Hannah Montana believe it or not:
"'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain,
   I'm always gonna wanna make it move
   Always gonna be an uphill battle
   Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
   Ain't about how fast I get there
   Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
   It's the climb, yeah!"

And a great book filled with messages is "Into the Wild" - really makes you think:
"So many people live in unhappy circumstances and will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give on peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.  The very core of man's living spirit is his passion for adventure.  The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun."

My most motivational thing isn't a quote either.  My 3 year old son has cancer.  When I think I can't possibly do any more, I think how hard he is fighting to kick cancer's and I push myself harder.

If he can do it, so can I!

"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow." Friedrich Nietzsche

I'd just like to post some thoughts from these quotes... favorites so far are the one from Muhammad Ali, Bear Gryll, and from "Into the Wild." The movie was incredible, as was this quote. I'm sure the book is a million times better.

Some of my own mantras...

An Army favorite: "The beatings will continue until morale improves!"

Copied from Runner's World a couple years ago: "Somewhere in the World, someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win."
(Missed 3rd in my age group at Morgan Hill by 70 sec!)

From the book "Dr. Sheehan on Running,"
"The more I run, the more I want to run, and the more I live a life conditioned and influenced and fashioned by my running. And the more I run, the more certain I am that I am heading for my real goal: to become the person I am."

Not exactly about sports, but...
“Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries." -Jimmy Carter

Thanks for sharing all of these. Yes, I am a sucker for quotes.

My personal favorite:

Le difficile nous pouvons faire immédiatement… Les prises impossibles un peu plus longtemps Napoleon Bonaparte.

The difficult we can do immediately.... The immpossible takes a little bit longer.

And a close second from one of the threads:
Go ahead princess sleep in..... Just one more person for me to beat on race day.